Awning



March 8, 1938. -w. E. ME TzGER 2,110,807

AWNING Filed Nov. 5, 1957 2 SheetsSheet 1 J Z' .1 [/2 J L Inventor Aiiorneys March 8, 1938. w. E. METQZGER AWNING Filed Nov. 5, 195'? 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor WiZZJMZZzyer -K- Attorneys Patented Mar. 8, 1938UNITED STATES PATENT OFiCE 2 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in awningsof the roller type wherein the roller is mounted in a housing, and hasfor its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth,a novel construction and arrangement of gravity actuated door or thelike for automatically closing the opening in. the housing whichaccommodates the awning.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide novel meansfor mounting the roller and the door or closure in position in a mannerto facilitate the removal thereof when necessary.

Other objects of the invention are to provide an awning of theaforementioned character which 5 will be comparatively simple inconstruction, strong, durable, highly efficient and reliable in use,compact, light in weight, attractive in appearance and which may bemanufactured an installed at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of theinvention will become apparent from a study of the followingspecification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawingswherein like characters of reference designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of the invention, an end portionof the closure being broken away and the housing being shown in verticalsection.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view, taken substantially on the line2--2 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the closure.

Figure 4 is a view in vertical section through the invention, taken atright angles to Fig. 1.

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view through the invention, showing thegravity actuated closure in closed or operative position, the back ofthe housing being slightly modified.

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view through the invention, showing theclosure in raised or inoperative position.

Fig. 7 is a detail view of the clip which prevents longitudinal movementof the roller.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that thereference numeral l designates a housing of suitable material,preferably metal, which may be secured in position in any desired manneron the upper portion of a window frame 50 2. As shown to advantage inFigs. 4 and 6 of the drawings, the housing I is open at its bottom. Theend walls 3 of the elongated housing I have openings therein in whichthe trunnions 4 and 5 in the ends of a removable roller 6 arejournalled.

The reference numeral 1 designates a sheet of suitable flexible materialhaving one end secured to the roller 6 for winding thereon. The otherend, of the sheet 1 is connected to a U frame 8 which is pivotally andslidably mounted on side rods 9 on the window frame 2, as at l0. Also 5fixed on one end portion of the roller 6 is a drum H on which anoperating cord I2 is wound.

The reference numeral l3 designates an arcuate, metallic shutter for theopen bottom of the housing 5. On its ends, the shutter I3 is provided 10with wings or the like M which are journalled on the trunnions 4 and 5of the roller t. The wings it have formed therein arcuate slots I5 whichaccommodate the trunnions 4 and 5 and through the medium of which theclosure I3 is loosely and is pivotally mounted in position. On itslongitudinal edges the shutter I3 is provided with beads or the like l6.

Attention is here invited to the fact that the trunnion 5 is of greaterlength than the trunnion 20 4. As illustrated to advantage in Figs. 1and 2 of the drawings, a. removable spacing clip I! is mounted on thetrunnion 5 between one end of the roller 6 and the adjacent closure wingM. The purpose of this will be presently set forth.

It is thought that the operation of the device will be readily apparentfrom a consideration of the foregoing. When the cord 12 is pulled in amanner to unwind same from the drum H, the roller 5 is actuated therebyin a direction to wind 30 the sheet I thereon. This causes the frame 8to swing upwardly to a substantially vertical position and continuedwinding of the sheet 1 on the roller 6 raises the upper portion of saidframe into the housing I. As the sheet I thus swings inwardly toward thebuilding with the frame 8 the closure l3, which rests on said sheet 1,follows same by gravity so that when the awning has been raised thebottom of the housing I will have been substantially closed, as shown inFig. 5 of the drawings. When the awning is again lowered by releasingthe cord l2 the closure I3 is swung upwardly to raised position by thesheet 1, as seen in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

In the construction of housing l shown in Figs. 4 and 6 of the drawings,the rear wall i8 is comparatively short. When this construction is used,

a horizontal rib is is mounted on the window frame 2, said ribprojecting into the housing I for coaction with the lower longitudinalside or edge of the closure l3 when said closure is in lowered position.In other words, the closure l3 rests on the rib l9 when in loweredposition with the awning material 1 therebetween. This sub stantiallyseals the housing I at this point. In

the arrangement shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the rear wall ill ofthe housing I extends downwardly and terminates in a bead or rib 2Dwhich functions in a manner similar to the rib 19. The front wall 2| ofthe housing I is provided with an internal bead 22 on its lower edgewhich, as shown to advantage in Fig. 6 of the drawings, acts as asupport for holding the closure I3 in raised position when desired. Theloose pivotal mounting of the closure 83 on the trunnions 4 and 5permits said closure to be swung upwardly and then pulled outwardly orforwardly in a manner to be engaged on the bead 22.

When assembling the device, the closure i3 is positioned in the housingi with the slots 15 aligned with the trunnion openings in the end walls3 of said housing. The comparatively long trunnion 5 is inserted, afterwhich the trunnion 4 is inserted by shifting the roller 5 from right toleft as viewed in Fig. 2 of the drawings. This leaves a space betweenthat end of the roller 6 on which the comparatively long trunnion 5 ismounted and the adjacent wing 14 of the closure 13. The clip H is thenmounted on the trunnion 5 in this space for preventing longitudinalmovement of the roller in a manner to disengage or withdraw the trunnion4 from the opening in which it is journalled in one end of thehousing 1. To further prevent this, a removable pin 23 may be providedin the trunnion 4. It may be well to here state that the arcuate closurel3 also prevents the cord l2 from jumping the drum H. 7

It is believed that the many advantages of an awning constructed inaccordance with the present invention will be readily understood andalthough preferred embodiments are as illustrated and described, it isto be understood that further changes in the details of construction maybe resorted to which will fall within the scope of the invention asclaimed.

What is claimed is:-

1. An awning device comprising a housing having an opening therein, aroller including trunnions journalled in the housing, and a closure forthe opening mounted for swinging movement on the trunnions.

2. An awning device comprising a housing having an opening therein, aroller including trunnions journalled in the housing, a closure for theopening pivotally and slidably mounted on the trunnions, and means inthe housing engageable beneath the closure for, supporting same in openposition.

WILLIAM E. METZGER.

